Health, Wealth, and Fairness Based on Gender : The Support for Ethical Principles  

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Mansdotter, Anna ; Lindholm, Lars ; Lundberg, Michael

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Social Science & Medicine (www.elsevier.com/locate/sosscimed) vol. 62 no. 9 (May 2006), page 2327-2335.
Topik: GENDER; gender; health; fairness; preferences

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS53.3 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Sex differences in health and the reality of a gender system, are well knowm, but wee know little about how this connects to opinions on fairness and desired change. This study aims to explore two principal questions : how to compare the position of women and men within state and how to choose between states where a state is defined as a situation in which individuals have a particular set of resources, rights and duties, and if components on the set are altered, a new state for the same individulas appears. Based on various normative rules (monistic view of separate spheres, equit as choice or ethics of care, equity by attainment or shortfall, variants of welfarism, feminism and conservatism), a survey among swedish public health workers was carried out. The results demonstrate a major rejection of the idea of compensation between health, power, influence and resources and of considering past processes when judging fairness as to women and men. Moreover, most respondents believe that a biologically based difference in health is fair and reject health maximization as a guiding principle. The support for gender equality is strong when contrasted with the conservative goal and subsits when contrasted against the pareto criterion and trading off health / income as well. Results that call for additional research and exchange of views include that common notions in research and policy making are rejected by a majority and that females and males differ considerably when judging change from a societal perspective.

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